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but the relationship between israel and the united states is very solid. and there are very big issues ahead, not least what to do about iran. we talked about a lot of that over the months and years. will there be a renewed push for the israeli/palestinean peace process. >> are there areas you can see the u.s. taking new action? >> well, again, of course it wasn't a foreign policy election. and that is always so in american elections. and i think you are probably a little bit right there because it is a little status quo. if we've seen anything from both president obama and, indeed, candidate mitt romney, there is a sense of retrenched america, a sense of america not wanting to project its power abroad. look, the wars are ending. that's a good thing. people are coming home. but also will america lead in some of the very tricky areas that still are out there? syria, we've been talking about for the last 20 months. both president obama and mitt romney said that assad has to go. if they don't do anything about that, it makes america look a little bit weak. i
but the relationship between israel and the united states is very solid. and there are very big issues ahead, not least what to do about iran. we talked about a lot of that over the months and years. will there be a renewed push for the israeli/palestinean peace process. >> are there areas you can see the u.s. taking new action? >> well, again, of course it wasn't a foreign policy election. and that is always so in american elections. and i think you are probably a little bit right...
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interests that are vital to the security of israel. let's get right to zane live in london where the brits are reacting to victory of president obama. hey, zain, good morning. >> reporter: the reaction is phew! that's a relief here. we talked to quite a few people this morning, soledad, and they are saying the united states made the right choice. they said, what president obama needs to do right now is sell the u.s. better to the rest of the world and surprise, surprise, fix the economy. let me show you "the sun." the tabloid paper here captures the mood of some people. they focused on the soccer match results from last night. you've got manchester city, arsenal and then down here, oh, by the way, there was an election. obama and romney. that just gives a sense of this magazine knowing their audience. but this morning people are really interested in the results. on the political side, the british prime minister said this, we want to kick start the world economy. we want to get a europe/u.s. trade deal. we want to get started and focuse
interests that are vital to the security of israel. let's get right to zane live in london where the brits are reacting to victory of president obama. hey, zain, good morning. >> reporter: the reaction is phew! that's a relief here. we talked to quite a few people this morning, soledad, and they are saying the united states made the right choice. they said, what president obama needs to do right now is sell the u.s. better to the rest of the world and surprise, surprise, fix the economy....
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obviously having some audio problems but you heard across the board it seemed like our partners in israel, our partners in the middle east, have all thought that this was not a bad thing. a good thing, president obama's re-election. what's the impact? >> david cameron reaching out very publicly via twitter. the only country that isn't a big obama fan is pakistan. for a number of reasons. i mean, look, this is the kind of -- these are the kind of polls that republicans would use in ads if they had them. >> for foreign policy continuity is really important. >> right, right. stability. >> and we've now had three presidents in a row who've had two terms. we've had an incredible period of stability right now. from eisenhower to reagan we didn't have a single president who was re-elected to a second term. since 1980, with the exception of george h.w. bush all of our presidents have served two terms. it's to implement the presence of foreign policy takes eight years. so obama's this whole vision of obama trying to gradually move up, a lot of the research is out of the middle east, wind down the
obviously having some audio problems but you heard across the board it seemed like our partners in israel, our partners in the middle east, have all thought that this was not a bad thing. a good thing, president obama's re-election. what's the impact? >> david cameron reaching out very publicly via twitter. the only country that isn't a big obama fan is pakistan. for a number of reasons. i mean, look, this is the kind of -- these are the kind of polls that republicans would use in ads if...
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president obama in order to assure the interests that are vital to the security of the citizens of israel. now we'll look at how the president's incest trural famil was re. >> this is the western part of the country and home to so many obamas, they can't even put them on the street signs. they've named several streets here after him. earlier the streets were bedlam. i want to show you the pictures of the partying. the band here playing cnn. when people realize that had president obama got the second term, they said he is the son of kenya. the son of south africa. we spend some time with mama obama. she is the grandmother of president obama. we spent time watching those votes coming in. overnight last night in a house here. there is a sense of relief and of excitement. and the scenes certainly will live in the memory of these people for very, very long. one thing these people do want is the president to come visit them. he did as a senator in 2006. they want him to come in his second term as a president. she said he won an election. he has to work hard for the people who elected him but ma
president obama in order to assure the interests that are vital to the security of the citizens of israel. now we'll look at how the president's incest trural famil was re. >> this is the western part of the country and home to so many obamas, they can't even put them on the street signs. they've named several streets here after him. earlier the streets were bedlam. i want to show you the pictures of the partying. the band here playing cnn. when people realize that had president obama got...
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. >> what about israel? i don't think i've ever seen a foreign leader inject himself into a domestic u.s. campaign as much as benjamin netanyahu did. but at the end, he seemed to move the israeli deadline for action in iran or against iran until well after the u.s. election. so now that the election is all done and settled, what does he do? >> exactly. here are the two issues. on the one hand, he did inject himself into the election. and many people believe that it was no secret that prime minister netanyahu would have preferred mitt romney to be president of the united states. ness say the prime minister immediately congratulated president obama on his re-election and said that they would work together especially on issues of national security. for israel. what happens next? this is a big question. these so-called red lines that nobody wanted to ever define except for israel has now potentially been put off until spring or summer. but this just keeps pushing the ball down the line. kicking the ball down the
. >> what about israel? i don't think i've ever seen a foreign leader inject himself into a domestic u.s. campaign as much as benjamin netanyahu did. but at the end, he seemed to move the israeli deadline for action in iran or against iran until well after the u.s. election. so now that the election is all done and settled, what does he do? >> exactly. here are the two issues. on the one hand, he did inject himself into the election. and many people believe that it was no secret...